Jeremiah 17:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Cross References

Job 20:21

There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Psalm 49:13

This is the fate of those who have foolish confidence, the end of those who are pleased with their portion. Selah

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing, and does not give him his wages;

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest of them, every one is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, every one deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” says the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory for ever.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish every one who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud.”

Zechariah 5:4

I will send it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

Titus 1:11

they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.